Evolution of abstracts presented at the annual scientific meetings of academic emergency medicine

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 638-641

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Homan, Clark S ^b   Brody, Michael ^b   Thode Jr , Henry C ^b   Hollander, Judd E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abstracts; Emergency medicine; Research; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0032698620     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90149-3     Document Type: Article

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